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QUOTE (XLNC @ Nov 10 2004, 05:11 AM)

Has anybody here cleared out all the homebrew apps and unsigned files from their C and E partitions to another partition such as F, make evox boot from F so that C and E look exactly like they were originally on a retail box, hopefully this will work. This is what I'm doing before going on live. Has anybody here upgraded to another larger HD from their previous one, this will also get you banned. How many people haven't been banned?

I cleaned all my stuff off C and E, made my chip boot from F when I turn it on. I never got on live before my 80 gig was in here, and its locked, but I'm still playing (as I write this, as a matter of fact.) Been playing halo 2 and splinter cell 2 the last couple days, still fine.

So .... i've heard rumors going around about somehow Live! is checking the LPC ports or some such nonsense, but I don't see how that could be physically possible.

[HKbones]

v1.0 xbox (2002)
matrix chip
Xecutor 4983 bios
250gb WD hdd

-signed onto live for first time on afternoon of 11/9/2004
-played on live all afternoon 11/9/2004
-played on live afternoon of 11/11/2004) -- NOT BANNED

-1 french profile, 1 NTSC profile (live profile)
-NO campaign game saves
-multiple french game variants saves (have not used any on live yet)

I think the theory of married EEprom & hdd serial # is a valid one.  I think those 2 #'s are recorded every time you access your live account.  If ever the 2 numbers don't match, they'll know and a ban is the result.

My xbox is highly modded, avalaunch dash from C:, apps in E:, Emu's, movies, etc.  I can only assume that if they were going through the actual hdd files I'd already be banned.  Since I never had a Live account w/ previous hdd, this eeprom and hdd serial#'s are the only #'s they have for my xbox, nothing else to compare to.

I have several friends with older live accounts and upgraded HDD's, they're scared to death to sign onto Live, so if there's an alternative to buying a new xbox, we're interested.

Hope this helps
 

[purbeast]

guys ... PLEASE read my post on page 29.  

i would be safe to bet that is %99 the problem with the people whom are getting banned for the first time for 'no reason.'  

the only other logical solutions for first time banning are one of the following:

1.  Someone else used your EEPROM and has already been banned, so that your EEPROM is also banned.
2.  Someone else who is currently signed into xbox live when you sign on is currently using your EEPROM and the end result is both xboxes get banned for that.

aside from that, if you are a first time banned person, it is what I said on page 29.

you guys are looking way too deep into this without even scratching the surface.  you remind me of the people on the IGN forums trying to find the super unlockables for mortal kombat deception.

[thecheekymonkey]

QUOTE (thecheekymonkey @ Nov 11 2004, 06:10 PM)

AH WELL HERE GOES :- basically as from today this is my situation 1x brand new crystal xbox (uk)  (never been on xbox live!) fitted with xecuter 3 fitted with a brand new 120 gig hdd just bought today HALO 2 , WITH HEADSET AND 12 MONTH LIVE SUBSCRIPTION) right, ive set out the hdd as follows formatted hdd installed retail xbox dash  on C and E drive installed everything else to my F drive as in :- evox all apps bios skins games etc Both C and E drive are clean as a whistle no , non MS dash files etc on there. set xecuter 3 to boot from F drive and all is dandy HAVE NOT SIGNED ONTO XBOX LIVE YET, AND I REPEAT :- I`M IN THE UK ALL PARTS IN THIS SYSTEM ARE FRESH / NEW AND VIRGIN TO XBOX LIVE. THE 120 gig HDD HAS BEEN FORMATTED THERES NO GAME SAVES ON THERE C AND E DRIVES ARE CLEAN AS A WHISTLE well going to be signing onto live very shortly will keep updated and quote this post. we shall see

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ok well im on live , and logged in and out a few times, i know this makes no difference and only time will tell, but we`ll see what happens. incidently,  on my fresh hdd with no gamesaves, i start dvd2xbox, and then signed onto live (turned chip off first), just so there was a gamesave on there from dvd2xbox. there is only 3 save games on this xbox at the moment halo 2 (original from todays first play) xbox live account details dvd2xbox thats it, i`ll keep people informed :S

still going strong, i`ll post again at midnight or just after.

[Caboose87]

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My xbox is highly modded, avalaunch dash from C:, apps in E:, Emu's, movies, etc. I can only assume that if they were going through the actual hdd files I'd already be banned. Since I never had a Live account w/ previous hdd, this eeprom and hdd serial#'s are the only #'s they have for my xbox, nothing else to compare to.

How can xbl know what your stock hd was if it didnt exist on ur xbox before you swapped hd? mabe if you delete
you xbl account and use a free cupon or something to make a completely new one on a larger hd it will record the hd info and will never know the hd was swapped ...

[Soulja545]

ive been playing live since tuesday non stop and i havent been banned yet with a 60 gig hdd.

[mangup1987]

QUOTE (Soulja545 @ Nov 12 2004, 12:05 AM)

ive been playing live since tuesday non stop and i havent been banned yet with a 60 gig hdd.

What chip do you have and what bios?

[purbeast]

QUOTE (teknow @ Nov 11 2004, 11:46 PM)

have read it.   you have a grand total of four posts, and your simplistic view only shows your thought process.  There are people that have been here since the scene's inception working on problems who i'm quite sure have more knowlegde and experience with the box than you.       While the LPC may be an issue, you are flagrantly narcistic, made obvious by your posting twice about something you clearly have little experience/know nothing but what you have read about,  read time or understanding.  I hope you'll quit posting so you don't cluster up this forum any further with your lack of inteligent additions.      Retroactive to your last post you have lost your speaking priveledges.   Have a nice day

that had to be the funniest post i have ever read in my life.  and it came from a guy with a whopping 8 whole posts, telling me i only have 4 ...

dude, just because i don't come and post on these forums doesnt mean i havent been around for a while.  i have been in the dev scene since day 1.  i had the first chip available on the market (enigmah beta with like 28 wires) and have been in it since.  i am also affilliated with a big chip distributer website.  so don't tell me what the hell i do and don't know.

you just come on here and flame, giving no suggestions or anything.  why don't you just keep your mouth shut if you don't have anything constructive to say.

i dont know wtf the lpc comment is about, but i do know that the only version of an xbox that MS could detect something around there being modified is on a 1.6 since you have to rebuild the LPC in order to even put a chip in, which would mean that some points on the xbox motherboard are making a circuit that normally aren't supposed to.  I suppose that is something they could detect pretty easily.  but if a chip is off on any other version of xbox, i believe they have no way of detecting the chip.  it just doesn't seem logical.

you are a trip thinking that post count has anything to do with knowledge on the subject.  keep your mouth shut if you are just going to flame.  maybe i'm a newb to these forums because i have no need for them, but the link to this thread came from a completely unrelated forum I browse, so I figured I would chime in because you guys are looking WWAAYY too deep into this thing.

[dirtybird80]

I believe what hkbones says also, except, dont you think ms knows what the serials on their western digital and seagate 8 and 10 gig respectively, hard drives look like? wouldnt they be able to tell just by the serial itself that it isnt a stock hd, therefore "modded" in some way or another, and ban for that reason alone, whether or not its the only record on file?

[mrjkwik]

EDIT: if there are 2 buddies out there both with banned xboxes. buy 4 eeproms.  both of you sign in with the new eeproms.  see what happens.  if you get banned.  then you install the last 2 eeproms, and both of you switch harddrives.  see what happens there.

[HomicidalMo0se]

QUOTE (FreewayX327 @ Nov 11 2004, 10:17 PM)

im still ok. havent been banned yet. anyone else not banned yet?

i don't like it when people say they're not banned and don't give us any information whatsoever. it's like they're saying... ooo i'm not banned! in your face! or whatever. no offense, freeway... but please we need all the info we can get. what kinda hdd do you have? stock or bigger? when did you install it? when did you sign up for live and which one did you sign up with?

thanks.

[sirp]

it cannot be purely a HDD eeprom combo, as i posted, i have changed both, and been on live before and after

maybe the newer xbox has something different in it?

both my xbox are over 1 year old...are the people being banned usig new or old xbox..sorry if thats been answered.

[CamJ256]

if you get banned from halo2 just make a copy of your game... (make sure you dont return the retail one though)

that would teach ms and bungie not to ban us... we can massively fuck with there sales by doing this. If its works in full scale anyway.

and im not banned yet either... i have stuff on my hard drive. My xbox is the oldest xbox you can get and ive never been baned b4!

[Pat0514]

maybe ms has found a way to scan your box without you being on live....
ever think of that?

[HomicidalMo0se]

QUOTE (Pat0514 @ Nov 12 2004, 12:52 AM)

maybe ms has found a way to scan your box without you being on live.... ever think of that?

yes, pat... that has been brought up before...